Climate averages 1991–2020
Cagayan de Oro weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cagayan de Oro: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a very wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manolo Fortich (27 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Cagayan de Oro, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 151 cities listed in the Philippines, Cagayan de Oro ranks joint 123rd of 151 for the warmest March highs and 145th of 151 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 151 cities is 29.5°C; Cagayan de Oro is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 200 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cagayan de Oro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 256 | 23.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 27.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 217 | 19.2 | 11.912 h |
| March, selected | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 200 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 225 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 330 | 27.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 26.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 297 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 225 | 20.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 231 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 296 | 26.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 310 | 26.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 262 | 26.0 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Manolo Fortich in MarchPhilippines · 27 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.4°C · 223 mm rain
- Iligan City in MarchPhilippines · 38 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Iligan in MarchPhilippines · 53 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Gingoog in MarchPhilippines · 63 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 150 mm rain
- Marawi City in MarchPhilippines · 67 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 234 mm rain
- NIA Valencia in MarchPhilippines · 81 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Maramag in MarchPhilippines · 89 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Oroquieta in MarchPhilippines · 93 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 128 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cagayan de Oro) is explained once on the Cagayan de Oro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.